Glasses Frame Light-Emitting Source for Unobstructed View
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing glasses type information terminals hinder everyday activities by displaying information in a way that obstructs the wearer's view and are difficult to mass-produce due to varying user fields of view, leading to increased manufacturing costs and potential unnoticed notifications.
Innovation Solution
A glasses type information terminal with a light-emitting source that emits signal light towards the glasses frame or edge surface of the lens, allowing information to be delivered to the wearer without obstructing their view and enabling information to be sent to the surrounding area, featuring a control module for light emission control based on input information and an information processing device for setting and transmitting light emission modes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a display panel is formed on the glasses lens to display information, then information delivery to the wearer is achieved, but the wearer's range of view is obstructed and everyday activities are hindered
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the display function from the optical path of the glasses lens. Instead of placing a display panel on the lens that would block the wearer's view, the invention uses a separate light-emitting unit positioned on the glasses frame at a location that does not interfere with the wearer's field of view. Information is transmitted as light signals that the wearer can perceive without the physical obstruction of a display panel in the optical path.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary light-emitting unit as a mediator between the information source and the wearer's perception. Rather than directly displaying information on the lens, the system uses light signals emitted from a separate position on the glasses frame. These light signals serve as an intermediary carrier that conveys information to the wearer without requiring a physical display in the wearer's direct line of sight.
2Loss of information
If the light-emitting unit is positioned to prevent surrounding area from perceiving information, then privacy is maintained, but the wearer may not notice the notification and manufacturing becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by positioning the light-emitting unit at a specific location on the glasses frame that is visible to the wearer but not to the surrounding area. The temple portion or side frame area is chosen as the emission location because it falls within the wearer's peripheral vision while remaining obscured from the forward view of people around the wearer. This localized positioning achieves both privacy and wearer awareness simultaneously.
3Loss of information
If the light-emitting unit position is fixed to ensure privacy, then information privacy is maintained, but glasses frames cannot be mass produced and manufacturing costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent achieves universality by designing a light-emitting unit position that serves multiple functions simultaneously: it maintains information privacy from the surrounding area, ensures wearer awareness through peripheral visibility, and allows for standardized mass production of glasses frames. The temple portion or side frame position is a universal location that can be implemented across different glasses frame designs without requiring custom positioning for each wearer's field of view, enabling standardized manufacturing processes.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables information delivery to the wearer without impairing their range of view and allows information to be sent to the surrounding area, reducing manufacturing costs and improving usability by ensuring notifications are noticeable.
Implementation Method 1
a light-emitting source of signal light; and a control module configured to perform, when triggered by input of information representing a light emission mode of the signal light, light emission control of the light-emitting source
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a glasses type information terminal, which is not only configured to deliver information to a wearer without hindering everyday activities, but is also capable of easily delivering an intention or the like of the wearer to a surrounding area. Chip LEDs capable of selectively emitting a plurality of colors of light are arranged on a glasses frame. The chip LEDs are configured to radiate light toward an end portion of glasses lenses. A control module and a communication module configured to perform near field communication to and from a mobile terminal that generates personalized information on the wearer are accommodated in the glasses frame. The control module is configured to perform light emission control of the chip LEDs based on information from the mobile terminal.